[GeoStL] Re: NGR shipping
- From: showme69 <showme69@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:24:03 -0500
I'd have to disagree Craig. My mother, a retired mail carrier, was the one
who alerted me to this in the first place. The item I referred to earlier
cost 3 or 4X as much to mail as first class items I have received from the
same agency. And those other items sent first class reached me in 1 day, not
4. Here's an older article that backs me up. *http://tinyurl.com/cywvvg *
It states, "In a head-to-head race, about half the first-class letters
mailed from Atlanta to seven cities across the country arrived sooner than
or on the same day as Priority Mail packages mailed at the same time." Not
sure where you got your stats to say priority will make it first every time,
but when it's my money, I'll stick with first class when possible. Also,
priority doesn't *guarantee* any delivery time and even though your local
post office is closed on Sunday, the major ones, like the main St. Louis one
are processing mail on Sundays and it's being transported. My mother worked
many Sundays at the downtown post office. Happy mailing.
Gale
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Craig Ingram <seaeye@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> You can't beat Priority on the long haul. Mail that same package to
> California and see which one makes it first. Priority will hands down
> everytime. It sounds like your package made it within the time restraints
> set forth by Priority. You mailed it Friday, it would have then been
> officailly recognized by the post office on Saturday- Day 1 Sunday doesn't
> count no mail then. Monday was day 2 and Tuesday was day 3. Priority
> gaurantees 2-3 day delivery. No scam there, and I'm not a postal employee
> and I was not paid for this in any way. Had you mailed it first class you
> wouldn't have left them the option to wait three days to deliver it.
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> my two
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